About Thirukkural

About Thirukkural

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Thirukkural is divided into three sections as given below

Sections	Chapters	Each	Couplets or kurals
Aram	38	X 10	380
Porul	70	X 10	700
Inbam	25	X 10	250
	Total Couplets		1330

About Thiruvalluvar

About Thiruvalluvar

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133 feet Thiruvalluvar statue in Kanyakumari-Tamilnadu-INDIA

There no evidence of Thiruvalluvar life period He is believed to have lived some time during the 1st millennium BC. His wife name is Vasuki. The term 'Tiru' is the Tamil word means respect. He wrote Thirukkural. Thirukkural is one of the oldest and most revered works in the Tamil language. It consists of 133 "Adhikarams". Each adhikaram consists of 10 "kurals" thus making 1330 kurals in total.